Sheri Holman

Sheri Holman is the author of four novels, including The Dress Lodger; The Mammoth Cheese; and most recently, Witches on the Road Tonight, which the New York Review of Books called "marvelously creepy, touching, and tender."

Rescue Mission

by Sheri Holman

A young girl moves to the big city and finds herself in over her head.

Dan Choi

Lt. Dan Choi is a West Point graduate, Iraq War veteran, and fluent Arabic speaker. He is an advocate for LGBT rights and veteran's health, founder of Knights Out – an organization of West Point alumni, staff, and faculty who are united in supporting the rights of LGBT soldiers. Dan also serves on the boards of Marriage Equality USA and the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

Phil Caputo

Philip Caputo is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author of eight works of fiction including Acts of Faith and Horn of Africa. Along with four works of non-fiction, he is also the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed memoir, A Rumor of War, about his service in Vietnam.

Out on a Ledge

by Phil Caputo

A hardened reporter discovers the other side of the battlefield.

Wanda Bullard

Wanda Bullard (1948-2011) was a veteran teacher who works with emotionally disordered students in Georgia.  Most Sunday afternoons she hosts a cookout for all comers. The stories shared on her porch inspired our founder, George Dawes Green, to start The Moth.

Small Town Prisoner

by Wanda Bullard

A woman’s father trusts a prisoner, with surprising results.

It's Not The Fall That Gets You

by Andy Christie

A midlife crisis pushes a mild mannered Simon and Garfunkel fan to go skydiving.

Joan Juliet Buck

Joan Juliet Buck is an American-born writer, social critic, and performer, who also edited Paris Vogue for seven years.

The Ghost of Rue Jacob

by Joan Juliet Buck

After landing her dream job in Paris, Joan Juliet Buck, the new editor of French Vogue, is haunted in her dream apartment.

The Shotgun Party

by George Dawes Green

Alienated in rural Georgia, a young man takes matters into his own hands.

Deborah Scaling Kiley

Deborah Scaling Kiley (1958-2012) is the author is The Sinking and No Victims, Only Survivors: 10 Lessons of Survival. As the survivor of a near-death shipwreck and shark attack, she routinely speaks and writes about survival to a variety of audiences nationwide.

Lost At Sea

by Deborah Scaling Kiley

An accomplished sailor is shipwrecked and narrowly survives five days lost at sea.

Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse is a 2001 Nobel Laureate for his discoveries regarding cell cycle regulation. He is the former president of Rockefeller University in New York, the current president of The Royal Society of London and Chief Executive Director of the Francis Crick Institute.

Discussing Family Trees in School Can Be Dangerous

by Paul Nurse

When applying for a green card a professor of genetics discovers a family secret. 

Andy Borowitz

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker as The Borowitz Report, which has millions of readers around the world. He became the principal host of The Moth in 1999. He is the editor of the book, The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor From Mark Twain to The Onion.

An Unexpected Twist

by Andy Borowitz

A newlywed’s stomach ache turns life threatening.

Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones is a Tony-Award-winning playwright and performer. Her multi-character solo show Bridge & Tunnel was originally produced Off-Broadway by Oscar-winner Meryl Streep, and went on to become a critically acclaimed, long running hit on Broadway.

A Walk on the West Side

by Sarah Jones

An actress reflects on morals, racial stereotyping and the perils of West Coast jaywalking.

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the bestselling books The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Outliers: The Story of Success, and What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures.